Stevens resigns Army secretary post amid McCarthy clash
The resignation follows a year of controversy over alleged subversion in the Army and favored treatment for Pvt. G David Schine. President Eisenhower accepts with regret as Stevens returns to private life. The article also notes Brucker’s nomination as Army secretary and his Michigan background.
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Wilson
Stevens
Steven
McCarthy
Army
G. David Schine
John G. Adams
Roy M. Cohn
Cohn
Adams
Brucker
Bourcker
Michigan
Saginaw County
Saginaw
Bricker
Lisenhower
Eisenhower
Bob
McCarthy Stevens
Schine
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Colin
Sechine
Sib- Committee
Mighigan Ywen
Asreo
George H. Roderick
Frank G. Millard
Republican Congressional Committee
Michigan National Guard
France
Rainbow
Bruckers
Wilber M. Dr
Gunman Beaten Up in L.8 Holdup Sequel
A tense motel holdup ends with the gunman beaten by Gibson and a driver until police arrival. Both Gibson and Kersay sustain cuts and one suffers a thumb injury as the suspect is disarmed twice. A blond lookout woman is sought, and an all points bulletin is issued. The weapon is described as a Belgian made 2 Q M automatic.
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Gibson
Jeter
Kersay
Army Air Force
Wersey
Shaw
L A Rail and Bus Strike Leaves Riders in Transit Limbo
Nearly a million Los Angeles riders sought other transport as a two day strike by 2,600 operators disrupted service. Commuters used car pools and shortcuts while negotiations drag. Union seeks 20 cents an hour higher pay. company offers 12 cents rising in three steps over two years.
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Los
Angeles
Los Angeles
Polite
Division 1277
AIL. ‘Amalgamated Assn
Street
Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America
Wounded in Tijuana Gun Battle Reported
Four Americans were wounded in a Tijuana gun battle. In the Signal Hill holdup, two clerks were tied, robbed, and money stolen. Police traced suspects. a 19 year old and accomplice implicated in earlier Welch’s Restaurant robbery.
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Tijuana
Signal Hall
William
Heald
Earl Cutburth
Perry
Cutburth
Heall
Signal Hill
Ted Murphy
S. G. Morrow
Long Beach
Mahoney
Welch
Atlantic Ave
Koreans Desert From Communist Korea After Landing Yak
In Sevun Korea pilots Capt. Lee On Yong and Lt. Lee Eun Sung, trained in Russia, decided to desert the same day they landed an old Yak fighter. ROK Air Force says Lee urged desertion, while U.S. and Korean intelligence question the pair as no press briefing was set.
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Sevun
Korea
Communist
ROK Air Force
Lee On Yong
Lee Eun Sung
Argentine Peso Dips After Revolt In Uruguay
The Argentine peso weakens further in Montevideo after last Thursday's revolt against the Peron government. Quotation places the peso at 24.57 to the U S dollar, down from 32.25 pesos 19 days earlier, amid ongoing free exchange rate movement and uncertainty in Buenos Aires.
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Montevidvo
Uruguay
Montevideo
Perot
U. S
Egimt
Buenos Aires
Barkley Considering Russia Trip in Fall
Senator Barkley said he is mulling a visit to Russia this fall as part of a possible congressional delegation to interparliamentary union sessions in Helsinki. He suggested his wife may accompany him and that other delegation members might also cross into Russia if they attend.
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Washington
Barkley D-Kyl
Russia
Barkley
Barkiey
Helsinki
Finland
Mechanical Engineers Honor Teacher With Medal
The Society of Mechanical Engineers awarded its 60th anniversary medal to Alfred J. Ferretti, head of Northeastern University's mechanical engineering department, for nearly four decades of teaching and service to ASME and other societies. Rear Adm. Hymar G. Rickover, developer of the atomic submarine, received the ASME George Westinghouse medal for eminent power field achievements highlighted by Nautilus completion.
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Soustun Vri
Ine Asniee Can
Society of Mechanical Engineers
Alfred J. Ferretti
Northeastern Unversity
ASME
Hymar G.rickover
George Westinghouse
Pants Too Cash and Trousers Taken by Bandits
Sam Leichter told police two men robbed him at a liquor store in Los Angeles after asking for whisky. They took $136 from the till and forced him into a back room demanding his trousers. One assailant warned they wanted him to catch cold if he tried to pursue them.
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LOS Angomne Vti
Sam Leichter
Chiropractors Seek Return of Equipment in court clash
In a tense court session Dr. Coleman and five other chiropractors challenged raids on diagnostic devices calling the seizure a Gestapo action. Attorneys argued for protective rights as court deputy officers described the equipment as a diagnostic tool and a supplement, while the doctors criticized the proceedings.
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E. E. Wollhausen
Iete
L A
William C. Lund
E.ath St
Elsie M. Freese
UG. Bennett Ave
Frank Z. Romaine
Robert W. Bonnell
E. 7Th St
A.M. Maynard
Atlantic Ave
Coleman
Medical Board
Ramsiné
Jsg
Atty, Adbert Co
R. Ramsey
Atty
Jerome Schnwimmer
Los Angeles
Religious Sect Opens Series of Conferences
Thousands of Jehovah's Witnesses gathered in Chicago for the first regional meeting series at Comiskey Park. The five day assembly kicks off with a house-to-house street campaign to invite locals, and Nathan H Knorr, president of the group's International Directive Agency, plans to address each session at the ballpark.
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Chicago
Jehovah's Witnesses
Comiskey Park
Allied Experts Plan Big Four Preparatory Meet
In Paris and Bonn on July 8 two groups of western experts will prepare for the Big Four Summit. French British and American specialists in Paris will handle all but German problems, while German representatives join Bonn delegates. The four nation chiefs are slated to meet in Geneva on July 13.
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Paris
Bonn
Germany
West Germany
France
Britain
United States
Soviet Russia
Geneva
Tokyo population to top eight million in fall
Tokyo's metropolitan government announced that the city’s population will exceed eight million this fall, signaling continued growth for the capital.
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Tokyo
Vpi
Norblad Questions Danish Butter Sold to Troops
Rep Norblad of Oregon asked Secretary Stevens why Army post exchanges on Okinawa sell Danish butter to American troops. He cited more than 200 million pounds of surplus butter in the United States and said he learned of the sales from a butter wrapper brought by a friend.
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Washington
Norblad
Army
Okinawa
Stevens
Wordlig
Okinwya
Molotov Urges End to World Tension at San Francisco Meeting
Molotov urges end to world tension and a declaration for peace with security and justice for all mankind. He presses for Formosa to be returned to China and for the USSR and Western powers to pursue disarmament and a ban on atomic and hydrogen weapons through U N and security council action. The speech references China seating in the U N and calls for prompt steps on Formosa and broader disarmament.
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San Francisco
U. N
China
United Nations
Ussr
Security Council
Geneva
Bridges Testimony Target in Bridges Deportation Case
Witness Harry Hook testified that Bridges asked about joining the Communist Party and discussed a 1939 strike. Bridges, an Australian-born labor leader, faces a government bid to cancel his citizenship for alleged Communist ties amid new deportation proceedings.
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San Francisco
Harry Hook
Redding
Harry Bridges
Communist Party
Bridges
Hook
Machinists Union
Magonit Fraternity
Healta Redding
Harry
Aiveis
Satiisfiers
Nhever
California jobless figure drops to new low in May
California reports record postwar employment amid a drop in unemployment to 176000 in May, an 18 percent decline from April and 64 percent below May 1954. Civilian employment reaches about 5.085 million, with Industrial Relations Director Webb noting gains across all major industries.
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Sacramento
William A. Burkett
Burkett
Nest B. Webb
Inoculated Tots Transmit No Polio Salk Testifies
Dr Jonas Salk told a House subcommittee that properly vaccinated children do not transmit polio to others. He noted association with vaccinated individuals is unlikely to pass the disease, though a possible link remains debated. Experts warned about kidney protein impurities but saw no proven risk to current vaccine.
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Salk
Washington
Upi
Jonas E. Selic
Esses
House Commerce
Rep
Hayworth
D-Mich
New Jersey
Public Health Service
Priest
D-Tenn
Manfred M. Mayer
Janus Hopkins University
Mayer
John F. Enders
Children's Hospital
Boston
Sal
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Carl W. Coleman
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von Hertzen
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Lic
General Assembly
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Formosa
London
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David L. Saunders
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